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Lead Systems & Integration Consultant

Manchester
0
Permanent
Expiring soon
Role Summary  

Provide senior leadership across systems and integration delivery, combining technical expertise, architecture design, advisory consulting and programme oversight to deliver scalable, high-quality solutions. 

 

About PACT Solutions:  

PACT Solutions is a specialist management and digital transformation consultancy working exclusively with higher education institutions across the UK. 

We help universities solve complex challenges across strategy, student records, data, change and delivery. As we grow, we want to strengthen the way we run the business internally while protecting the quality, culture and partner focus that have made us successful. 

 

The Role 

Lead systems and integration engagements across delivery and advisory contexts, shaping architecture, guiding implementation and ensuring alignment to partner needs. 

 

What you’ll be doing 

Lead systems and integration delivery across complex programmes  

Define system architecture, integration patterns and technical approaches  

Lead advisory and discovery work on system landscapes and integration challenges  

Ensure alignment between systems, integrations and programme delivery  

Oversee delivery, testing, cutover and implementation  

Engage senior stakeholders and represent PACT with vendors and partners  

Line manage and develop consultants within the capability  

Contribute to capability development, tools and methods  

Support account growth, proposals and pre-sales activity 

 

Our Values 

Our values sit at the heart of everything we do: 

Partnership: We work with you, not for you.  

Integrity: We do the right thing, even when it requires difficult conversations.   

Inquisitive: We dig deeper to uncover what will truly deliver value.   

Transformative: We focus on outcomes that create lasting, measurable improvement.   

 

Why join PACT? 

Lead complex systems and integration work across major transformation programmes while shaping technical capability, delivery approaches and future growth. 

This role sits at the Lead level within PACT’s consulting career pathway (Analyst → Consultant → Senior Consultant → Lead → Principal), with responsibility for leading complex engagements, developing people and shaping capability. 

Requirements

Strong experience in systems implementation and integration delivery  

Experience leading complex system or integration programmes  

Strong understanding of architecture, APIs and integration patterns  

Experience in advisory and discovery engagements  

Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills  

Experience leading and developing teams  

 

Desirable: 

Higher education or enterprise systems experience (SIS, ERP, CRM)  

Exposure to enterprise architecture frameworks  

Consultancy or transformation experience 

Job Type: Permanent

Job ID: 1277000000000224032

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